INTERNATIONAL YEAR 2000 - INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY VIRTUAL CONFERENCE
Well, this is interesting! We might participate in this online conference!
John
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'The Office of Governmentwide Policy (OGP), Information Technology, General Services Administration (GSA), in
cooperation with the Group of Seven (G7) Government On Line (GOL) program, is sponsoring an International Year
2000 (Y2K) - Information Technology Virtual Conference. The Conference will be located at the GSA International
Year 2000 web site (www.itpolicy.gsa.gov/mks/yr2000/intconf.htm) with an anticipated availability date of mid-June,
1998.
The Virtual Conference is a part of a continuing effort to promote awareness of critical Year 2000 issues and to
emphasize the significance of sharing problems, progress, and solutions within the International community. The
Conference will focus not only on internal Y2K issues that are common to individual Nations, but also those that may
cross international boundaries. In addition, the conference also plans to have various countries contribute written
updates or status reports on their respective Y2K compliance progress.
The goal of this Virtual Conference is to emphasize the significance of international partnerships and to stimulate a
global awareness of Year 2000 issues. In that regard, the OGP encourages interested parties to participate in this
conference through the submission of Y2K issue papers and/or status reports. Issue papers should focus on Y2K
topics that address various business sectors within the government and/or private industry. To assist in defining
topics for these papers, specific sectors are provided but not necessarily limited to, those listed in the outline below.
Please note that the purpose of this conference and the papers is not to advertise or promote specific Y2K products.
The intent is to provide specific knowledge of a practical and/or technical nature that will highlight various Y2K
issues and stimulate a question and answer dialogue between the authors and the International Internet community.
Current plans call for participants to submit an outline of suggested topics and/or progress reports on or before April
24, 1998. Once received, suggested topics and progress reports will be reviewed and authors notified of their
selection. Upon notification, authors will also be informed of the conference procedures, and will have approximately
six weeks to submit a final paper and/or progress report to be posted on the Virtual Conference Web site.
If you would like to participate as an author of a Y2K issue paper, status report, have other topics that should be
considered, or have any other comments or questions, please send all correspondence to the Y2K Program Office,
Office of Governmentwide Policy, attention Gary Winters at y2k.gol@gsa.gov.
The format for the conference will be divided into four areas, Year 2000 Global Issues (Suggested Y2K Business
Sectors are listed), Questions & Answers, International Y2K Updates, and other Y2K International Web Sites.
YEAR 2000 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY GLOBAL ISSUES & BUSINESS SECTORS
The following is an outline of suggested sectors that may be common to internal government responsibilities and
those that may cross international boundaries.
I. Internal Government Responsibilities
o Infrastructure
Defense
Public Utilities
Emergency Services
Telecommunications
Law Enforcement
Transportation
Public Health
o Emergency Communications
o Government Services
Service Continuity
Citizen Services (pensions, benefits, etc)
o Government and Private Sector Collaboration
Consumer Protection
Business Impact
o Data Exchange
Testing
Implementation
o Contingency Planning
Business Continuity
Risk Assessment
Alternatives
o Human Resources
Resource Availability
Retention
Compensation
o Natural Resources
o Legal Issues
Laws, Regulations, Rules
Liability
o Funding
o Compliance
II. External Government Responsibilities
o International Standards
o Data Exchange
Testing
Implementation
o International Safety Concerns
Nuclear Power
Air Traffic Control Systems
Defense
o International Commerce
Monetary Exchange Rates
Banking
Trade
Business Partnerships
o Economic Impact
Business Management
Tourism
o Emergency Communications
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